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RANDOLPH.

BABY WALKER.

No. 97,315. Patented Nov. 30, 1869.

P. H. RANDOLPH, OF LEAVENWORTH CITY, KANSAS.

Letters Patent No. 97,315, dated November 30, 1869; antcdated November 13, 1869.

nurnovnn BABY-WALKER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the name.

' To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, P. H. ItANDOLPI-I, of Leavenworth City, in the county of Leavenworth, and State thereof, which will enable those skilled in the artto snake and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciso as to protect iti'rom falling and getting hurt; and

It consist in the baby-walker, constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

Acu-e four posts, which are arranged with their upper ends inclining inward, and which are held and secured in place by thrceor more circular rods or hoops, B, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

The posts A are about thirteen inches high, and to I their upper ends is attached a flat ring, 0, the external diameter of which is about eighteen inches, and its interior diameter tcu inches, making the breadth of the ring about four inches, fonning a narrow table for thechild. to play upon.

The upp rod or -hoop B is attached to the upper T partsoithe posts A, just beneath the circular table (has shown in fig. 2.

To the lower. ends of the posts A are attached cast er s, 1), upon which the walker is moved from place to place.

' E is the saddle, which is made in substantially the form shownin figs. 1 and 2, that is to say, with four arms, by which it is connected to the .upper hoop or rod B. r

F are straps, the ends of which are secured to the ends of the arms of the saddle E.

'lh'e straps F pass over the upper rodjor hoop B, and their ends buckle into buckles attached to the under side of the arms of the saddle E, as shown in fig.

2, so that the height of the said saddle from the floor maybe adjustedaccording as the size of the baby may require.

The saddle E is stuffed or padded, so that it cannot hurt the child, and one of its arms is made. narrow, so that when passed between the legs of the child, it may not hurt him, nor interfere with his walking. a v

This construction enables the child to sit down when tired, furnishes a table for his playthiugs, and prevents him ii'om tailing and hurting himself, while learning to walk.

If desired, an upwardly-projecting band or hoop may be attached to the outer edge of the ring-table (3, thereby making said table a safer rec'eptaclefor the childs playthings. I

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The padded seat E, in combination with the adjust able straps F andanuular rod B, arranged and hung -as described, for the purpose specified, 7

H. RANDOLPH.

Witnesses:

N. H. Woon, G. H. STIhWELL. 

